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The Missouri Compromise provided that Missouri be admitted as a slave state, Maine be admitted as a free state, and

The Missouri Compromise provided that Missouri be admitted as a slave state, Maine be admitted as a free state, and all of the Louisiana Territory north of the northern boundary of Missouri be closed to slavery. all of the Louisiana Territory north of 36 °30’ be closed to slavery.

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The Missouri Compromise provided that Missouri be admitted as a slave state, Maine be admitted as a free state, and

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  1. The Missouri Compromise provided that Missouri be admitted as a slave state, Maine be admitted as a free state, and • all of the Louisiana Territory north of the northern boundary of Missouri be closed to slavery. • all of the Louisiana Territory north of 36°30’ be closed to slavery. • the entire Louisiana Territory be open to slavery. • the lands south of 36°30’ be guaranteed to slavery and the lands north of it negotiable. • all of the Louisiana Territory north of the southern boundary of Missouri be closed to slavery for 30 years.

  2. Examine your assigned documents: • What do you know? (facts derived from the document) • What can you infer? (conclusions, connections, significance) • Please write the information on your own paper. Slavery Document Activity

  3. The Slavery Argument

  4. Was slavery more of a burden or a benefit to Antebellum America? Antebellum South

  5. Characteristics of the Antebellum South • Primarily agrarian. • Economic power shifted from the “upper South” to the “lower South.” • “Cotton Is King!” * 1860--> 5 mil. bales a yr. (57% of total US exports). • Very slow development of industrialization. • Rudimentary financial system. • Inadequate transportation system.

  6. Southern Society (1850) “Slavocracy”[plantation owners] 6,000,000 The “Plain Folk”[white yeoman farmers] Black Freemen 250,000 Black Slaves3,200,000 Total US Population --> 23,000,000[9,250,000 in the South = 40%]

  7. Southern Population (1860)

  8. Slave-Owning Families (1850)

  9. Cotton • Invention of cotton gin made cotton the staple Southern crop. • Northern merchants and textile mills, as well as Europe, depended on Southern cotton production – King Cotton. • By 1840, 50% of U.S. export profits were from cotton. • Demand for cotton = demand for slaves.

  10. Southern Economy • Agricultural focus produced unstable economy • Exhausted land • Fluctuating prices • Discouraged industry and immigration • “false” prosperity • Plantation system • Economy and government run by small group • Social Stratification • Planter elite • Small farmers • Poor whites

  11. Southern Agriculture

  12. Changes in Cotton Production 1820 1860

  13. Value of Cotton Exports As % of All US Exports

  14. Slavery in the South • Unequal distribution • most slaves owned by planter elite • poor whites still defended b/c dreamed of being slave owners and racial superiority • Sustaining Slavery • importation outlawed in 1808 • were investment, so wanted to keep slaves alive and encourage procreation • majority of the population in the deep south; development of slave culture • Treatment of Slaves • sources of labor and sexual satisfaction • long hours and harsh conditions • beatings • separation of families

  15. Slave-Owning Population (1850)

  16. Fight for Equality • By slaves • work slowly • steal • sabotage equipment • poison owners • rebel or run away • By abolitionists • American Colonization Society (1817) • Liberia (1822) • American Anti-Slavery Society (1833) • William Lloyd Garrison • The Liberator • Sojourner Truth; Frederick Douglas • Racial inequality common in the north

  17. 90% of slaves lived on plantations or farms • Most slaves on cotton plantations worked sunup to sundown, 6 days/week • About 75% of slaves were field workers, about 5% worked in industry • Urban slaves had more autonomy than rural slaves Slaves’ Daily Life and Labor

  18. Normal family life difficult for slaves • fathers cannot always protect children • families vulnerable to breakup by masters • Most reared in strong, two-parent families • Extended families provide nurture, support amid horror of slavery • Slave culture a family culture that provided a sense of community Slave Families, Kinship, and Community

  19. Slave Resistance • “SAMBO” pattern of behavior used as a charade in front of whites [the innocent, laughing black man caricature – bulging eyes, thick lips, big smile, etc.].

  20. Slave Resistance • Refusal to work hard. • Isolated acts of sabotage. • Escape via the Underground Railroad.

  21. The Culture of Slavery • Black Christianity [Baptists or Methodists]: * more emotional worship services. * negro spirituals. • “Pidgin” or Gullah languages. • Nuclear family with extended kin links,where possible. • Importance of music in their lives. [esp. spirituals].

  22. Slave Concentration, 1860

  23. Pro-Slavery Response • Tightened slave codes • Paternalistic argument • Religious argument • Comparisons to Northern factories • Economic necessity for the entire nation

  24. Using information gathered from at least three of the sources we examined today, answer the following: Was slavery more of a burden or a benefit to Antebellum America? **DON’T QUOTE the documents – use inferences drawn from the documents **response should be a minimum of a 5-sentence paragraph …To End: Synthesis Exercise

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